Townsend, Harry, Private, 66701, 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers Formerly 80846, South Staffordshire Regiment Born Palterton, Derbyshire Enlisted Bolsover, Derbyshire Resided Chesterfield, Derbyshire Died of wounds 23rd September 1917 aged 24 Husband of Elsie Townsend, of 1, Transvaal Terrace, Palterton, Chesterfield. Buried in Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, I, B, 12
1911 Census A collier's labourer Son of John, a collier's labourer, and Elizabeth Townsend, of Scotland Yard, Palterton, Derbyshire
Harry Townsend is also remembered on a plaque inside the St. Luke's Mission, Palterton
Plaque commemorating Harry Townsend, St. Luke's Mission, Palterton
Formerly 80846, South Staffordshire Regiment
Born Palterton, Derbyshire
Enlisted Bolsover, Derbyshire
Resided Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Died of wounds 23rd September 1917 aged 24
Husband of Elsie Townsend, of 1, Transvaal Terrace, Palterton, Chesterfield.
Buried in Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, I, B, 12
1911 Census
A collier's labourer
Son of John, a collier's labourer, and Elizabeth Townsend, of Scotland Yard, Palterton, Derbyshire
Harry Townsend is also remembered on a plaque inside the St. Luke's Mission, Palterton